DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

MINISTERIAL, GIFTS, HOSPITALITY, OVERSEAS TRAVEL & MEETINGS WITH EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS (INCLUDING MEETINGS WITH NEWSPAPER AND OTHER MEDIA PROPRIETORS, EDITORS AND SENIOR EXECUTIVES)¹

1 OCTOBER – 31 DECEMBER 2011

GIFTS GIVEN OVER £140

| Date gift given | To | Gift | Value (over £140) | Outcome | |-----------------|----|------|------------------|---------| | Nil | | | | |

Paul Burstow MP, Minister of State for Care Services

| Date gift given | To | Gift | Value (over £140) | Outcome | |-----------------|----|------|------------------|---------| | Nil | | | | |

Anne Milton MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Public Health

| Date gift given | To | Gift | Value (over £140) | Outcome | |-----------------|----|------|------------------|---------| | Nil | | | | |

Simon Burns MP, Minister of State for Health

| Date gift given | To | Gift | Value (over £140) | Outcome | |-----------------|----|------|------------------|---------| | Nil | | | | |

Earl Howe, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State - Quality

| Date gift given | To | Gift | Value (over £140) | Outcome | |-----------------|----|------|------------------|---------| | Nil | | | | |

GIFTS RECEIVED OVER £140

¹ Does not normally include meetings with Government bodies such as other Government Departments, NDPBs, Non-Ministerial Departments, Agencies, Government reviews and representatives of Parliament, devolved or foreign governments. | Date received | From | Gift | Value | Outcome | |---------------|------|------|-------|---------| | Nil | | | | |

**Paul Burstow, Minister of State for Care Services**

| Date gift received | From | Gift | Value | Outcome | |--------------------|------|------|-------|---------| | Nil | | | | |

**Anne Milton MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Public Health**

| Date gift received | From | Gift | Value | Outcome | |--------------------|------|------|-------|---------| | Nil | | | | |

**Simon Burns MP, Minister of State for Health**

| Date gift received | From | Gift | Value | Outcome | |--------------------|------|------|-------|---------| | Nil | | | | |

**Earl Howe, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State - Quality**

| Date gift received | From | Gift | Value | Outcome | |--------------------|------|------|-------|---------| | Nil | | | | |

**HOSPITALITY**

| Date | Name of Organisation | Type of Hospitality Received (if accompanied by spouse, partner, or other family member or friend insert an asterisk \*) | |--------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 13 October 2011 | Respublica | Breakfast | | 31 October 2011 | Archbishop of Canterbury | Dinner | | 8 November 2011 | Commonwealth Fund | Dinner | | 15 November 2011 | Health Service Journal Awards | Dinner | | 28 November 2011 | Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) | Dinner | | 13 December 2011 | Advertising Association | Dinner | | 21 December 2011 | International Health Partners | Dinner |

**Paul Burstow MP, Minister of State for Care Services**

| Date | Name of Organisation | Type of Hospitality Received | |--------------------|----------------------|------------------------------| | Nil | | |

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2 There are no set minimum or maximum levels for accepting hospitality from external stakeholders. Guidelines state that staff: should accept hospitality only when this can be defended as being in the interests of the Department's business – for example, because significant relationship-building is a business aim. When offering hospitality funded by the Department Of Health the following maximum allowable rates apply: £40 Lunch, £50 dinner. Does not normally include attendance at functions hosted by HM Government; ‘diplomatic’ functions in the UK or abroad, hosted by overseas governments; minor refreshments at meetings, receptions, conferences, and seminars; and offers of hospitality which were declined. | Date | Name of Organisation | Type of Hospitality Received | |-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------| | 22 November 2011 | Social care providers inc. English Community Care Association (ECCA), National Care Forum | Dinner | | 24 November 2011 | Macmillan Cancer Support | Lunch | | 8 December 2011 | Telegraph | Lunch |

**Anne Milton MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Public Health**

| Date | Name of Organisation | Type of Hospitality Received | |-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------| | 2 November 2011 | Nursing Times | Dinner | | 28 November 2011 | Royal College of General Practitioners | Dinner |

**Simon Burns MP, Minister of State for Health**

| Date | Name of Organisation | Type of Hospitality Received | |-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------| | 19 October 2011 | WHO Conference | Delegation dinner | | 12 December 2011 | World Health Congress | Delegation Dinner |

**Earl Howe, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State - Quality**

| Date | Name of Organisation | Type of Hospitality Received | |-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------| | Nil | | |

**OVERSEAS TRAVEL**

| Date(s) of trip | Destination | Purpose of trip | ‘No 32 (The Royal Squadron’ or ‘other’ | Number of officials accompanying Minister, where | Total cost including travel, and accommodation | |-----------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | Date(s) of trip | Destination | Purpose of trip | ‘No 32 (The Royal) Squadron’ or ‘other RAF’ or ‘Charter’ or ‘Eurostar’ | Number of officials accompanying Minister, where non-scheduled travel is used | Total cost including travel, and accommodation of Minister only | |----------------|-------------|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------| | 8 November – 11 November | Washington Commonwealth Fund Congress | Scheduled Flight | | | £2458 |

**Paul Burstow MP, Minister of State for Care Services**

| Date(s) of trip | Destination | Purpose of trip | ‘No 32 (The Royal) Squadron’ or ‘other RAF’ or ‘Charter’ or ‘Eurostar’ | Number of officials accompanying Minister, where non-scheduled travel is used | Total cost including travel, and accommodation of Minister only | |----------------|-------------|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------| | Nil | | | | | |

**Anne Milton MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Public Health**

| Date(s) of trip | Destination | Purpose of trip | ‘No 32 (The Royal) Squadron’ or ‘other RAF’ or ‘Charter’ or ‘Eurostar’ | Number of officials accompanying Minister, where non-scheduled travel is used | Total cost including travel, and accommodation of Minister only | |----------------|-------------|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------| | 7 – 11 November 2011 | Beijing, China | A Memorandum of Understanding was signed last year making a commitment by China and the UK to have an annual Ministerial level meeting | Scheduled Flight | | £5,282 | | 8 – 9 December 2011 | Paris, France | Global Health Security Initiative 2011 | Eurostar | | £370 |

**Simon Burns MP, Minister of State for Health**

| Date(s) of trip | Destination | Purpose of trip | ‘No 32 (The Royal) Squadron’ or ‘other RAF’ or ‘Charter’ or ‘Eurostar’ | Number of officials accompanying Minister, where non-scheduled travel is used | Total cost including travel, and accommodation of Minister only | |----------------|-------------|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------| | Date(s) of trip | Destination | Purpose of trip | ‘No 32 (The Royal) Squadron’ or ‘other RAF’ or ‘Charter’ or ‘Eurostar’ | Number of officials accompanying Minister, where non-scheduled travel is used | Total cost including travel, and accommodation of Minister only | |----------------|-------------|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------| | 18-21 October 2011 | Brazil | WHO Conference | Scheduled Flight | £7655 | | | 10-13 December 2011 | Saudi Arabia/UAE | World Health Congress | Scheduled Flight | £2859 | |

Earl Howe, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State - Quality

| Date(s) of trip | Destination | Purpose of trip | ‘No 32 (The Royal) Squadron’ or ‘other RAF’ or ‘Charter’ or ‘Eurostar’ | Number of officials accompanying Minister, where non-scheduled travel is used | Total cost including travel, and accommodation of Minister only | |----------------|-------------|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------| | Nil | | | | | |

MEETINGS WITH EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS (INCLUDING MEETINGS WITH NEWSPAPER AND OTHER MEDIA PROPRIETORS, EDITORS AND SENIOR EXECUTIVES)³

| Date of Meeting | Name of Organisation | Purpose of Meeting | |-----------------|----------------------|--------------------| | October 2011 | Trade Unions | Public Sector Pensions | | October 2011 | Mr and Mrs Winehouse | Alcohol Rehabilitation | | October 2011 | Royal College of General Practitioners | Health and Social Care Bill | | October 2011 | Speech and Language Therapists | Speech and Language therapy discussion | | October 2011 | Council for Science and Technology | Discussion on NHS and growth | | October 2011 | Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) | Discussion on Value-Based Pricing and pharmaceuticals | | October 2011 | BUPA | Discussion on Care Home issues | | October 2011 | Trade Unions | Public Sector Pensions | | October 2011 | Londonwide GP Commissioning | Implementation of GP Commissioning | | October 2011 | Health Enterprise East | General Discussion | | November 2011 | University College London Health Inequalities Unit | General Discussion | | November 2011 | Centre for Medicare and Medicaid Services | General Discussion | | November 2011 | Let’s Move! | Public Health | | November 2011 | Dispensing Doctors Association | Dispensing Doctors | | November 2011 | Responsibility Deal Partners | Responsibility Deal | | December 2011 | Stroke Association | Roundtable with stroke experts |

³ Does not normally include meetings with Government bodies such as other Government Departments, NDPBs, Non-Ministerial Departments, Agencies, Government reviews and representatives of Parliament, devolved or foreign governments. | Date of meeting | Name of organisation | Purpose of meeting | |----------------|----------------------|-------------------| | October 2011 | Social Work Regulation Oversight Group | To discuss social work | | October 2011 | City University London & My Home Life | To discuss homes | | October 2011 | Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) | Regular meeting | | October 2011 | ADASS | To discuss personalisation | | October 2011 | ADASS | To discuss mental health & carers | | October 2011 | Action on Hearing Loss | To discuss audiology | | October 2011 | Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust – Beta Cell Diabetes Centre | To discuss diabetes care | | November 2011 | Medication Care Home Project members including Royal College of Physicians & National Care Forum | To discuss medication safety in care homes | | November 2011 | National Autistic Society (with All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism) | To discuss autism | | November 2011 | Mears & Tunstall | To discuss telecare pilot | | November 2011 | Coeliac UK | To discuss coeliac disease | | November 2011 | LegaCare | To discuss providing vulnerable adults with free legal advice | | November 2011 | College of Social Work (with Tim Loughton MP) | To discuss social work | | November 2011 | Key domiciliary & residential care providers | Roundtable discussion | | November 2011 | Princess Royal Trust for Carers, Crossroads & Carers UK | To discuss carers | | November 2011 | Responsibility Deal Alcohol Network | Regular meeting | | November 2011 | British Red Cross | To discuss social care | | November 2011 | Target Ovarian Cancer (with APPG on Ovarian Cancer) | To discuss ovarian cancer | | November 2011 | Intel GE Care Innovations | To discuss telecare | | December 2011 | Caring for our Future engagement stakeholders | Working age adults with disabilities roundtable | | Date | Name of Organisation | Purpose of Meeting | |--------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | December 2011| Caring for our Future engagement exercise co-leads | Workshop event | | December 2011| SCOPE | To discuss adult social care | | December 2011| Caring for our Future engagement exercise co-leads | Debrief | | December 2011| Action on Elder Abuse | To discuss CQC DANI report | | December 2011| PAPYRUS (with Crispin Blunt MP) | To discuss suicide prevention | | December 2011| Independent Age, Sense, Patients’ Association, Association of British Insurers, Age UK, Alzheimer’s Association | To discuss the Caring for our Future engagement exercise | | December 2011| ADASS & Alzheimer's Society | To discuss social care | | December 2011| Age UK & Apetito | To discuss malnutrition | | December 2011| ADASS | Regular meeting | | December 2011| Alzheimer's Society | To discuss social care | | December 2011| Muscular Dystrophy Campaign | To discuss muscle disease | | December 2011| Alzheimer's Society | To discuss dementia | | December 2011| Pancreatic Cancer UK | To discuss pancreatic cancer | | December 2011| National Pensioner’s Convention | To discuss the dignity code |

**Anne Milton MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Public Health**

| Date of Meeting | Name of Organisation | Purpose of Meeting | |-----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | October 2011 | Independent Healthcare Advisory Services (IHAS) | To discuss regulation / self regulation of injectable cosmetic providers | | October 2011 | Mr & Mrs Winehouse | Alcohol Rehabilitation | | October 2011 | Social Partnership Forum – various stakeholders | Roundtable discussion | | October 2011 | Royal Society for Public Health | To discuss public health & professional regulation | | October 2011 | Change4Life Partners Meeting | Roundtable discussion | | October 2011 | Nursing & Midwifery Council | To discuss State Enrolled Nurses | | October 2011 | Royal College of Physicians | To discuss the Responsibility Deal, alcohol strategy / network & wider public health issues | | October 2011 | Florence Nightingale Foundation | To discuss how the foundation could support DH in furthering the nursing agenda | | October 2011 | National Oversight Group on Palliative Care | To discuss palliative care and disabled children | | October 2011 | Group of Individuals re. Contaminated Blood | To discuss stage 1 v stage 2 payments further to the contaminated blood review | | October 2011 | Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths | Introductory meeting to discuss current trends on sudden & unexpected deaths of babies | | November 2011 | Members of the Advisory Group on Contraception | To discuss DH’s forthcoming Sexual Health Policy Document | | November 2011 | Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists and Communications Champion | To discuss commissioning of speech & language therapy in context of ‘Supporting Families in the Early Years’ and DfE’s SEN Green Paper | | Date of Meeting | Name of Organisation | Purpose of Meeting | |-----------------|----------------------|--------------------| | November 2011 | Sands | General catch up and to discuss stillbirth research in the UK | | November 2011 | Caxton Trustees | To discuss the contaminated blood review | | November 2011 | Nursing & Midwifery Council and the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence | To discuss CHRE's report on NMC's initial stages of fitness to practice | | November 2011 | Royal College of Nursing | To discuss Regulation of HCA's, Frontline First & the Health Bill | | November 2011 | Responsibility Deal Plenary Group | Roundtable discussion | | November 2011 | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) | To discuss measles & cooperation between the HPA & ECDC | | November 2011 | The Royal College of Ophthalmologists | To discuss links between preventable sight loss, eye health & public health / the reforms (PHE funding) | | December 2011 | Tim Loughton MP, Crispin Blunt MP, James Brokenshire MP, Ofsted, CQC, HM Inspectorate of Probation, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, HM Inspectorate of Prisons, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate | Follow up meeting to discuss the Munro Review's recommendations on inspection | | December 2011 | Social Partnership Forum | Roundtable discussion | | December 2011 | Local Government Group | To discuss local authority PH grants for 2013/14 & death certification process | | December 2011 | Westbury Street Holdings | To discuss Out of Home calorie labelling pledge |

**Simon Burns MP, Minister of State for Health**

| Date of Meeting | Name of Organisation | Purpose of Meeting | |-----------------|----------------------|--------------------| | October 2011 | Fitness Industry Association | Responsibility Deal | | October 2011 | Unison | Introduction of new National Secretary | | November 2011 | Ambulance Service Network | NHS 111 Service | | November 2011 | Ambulance Service Network | Reforming Urgent Care Speech | | November 2011 | College Of Emergency Medicine | Health Reforms Speech | | November 2011 | NHS London | Healthcare Speech | | November 2011 | Design Council | Violence in A&E | | November 2011 | British Lung Foundation & Breathe Easy | Awareness event | | November 2011 | Dr Foster Intelligence | Hospital Guide Briefing | | November 2011 | British Healthcare Trade Association | Orthotics |

**Earl Howe, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State - Quality**

| Date of Meeting | Name of Organisation | Purpose of Meeting | |-----------------|----------------------|--------------------| | Date | Organization | Topic | |--------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------| | October 2011 | Stockholm City Officials | To discuss NHS 111 number | | October 2011 | BMA | On the Health and Social Care Bill | | October 2011 | Boots, Lloyds, Co-op and Rowlands | General discussion on pharmacy | | October 2011 | RCGP | On the Health and Social Care Bill | | October 2011 | King's Fund | On the Health and Social Care Bill | | October 2011 | Nuffield Trust | On the Health and Social Care Bill | | October 2011 | Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals | General discussion | | November 2011| General Dental Practice Committee | Discussion on Seniority Pay System | | November 2011| Ministerial Medical Technology | Regular meeting | | November 2011| Strategy Group meeting | Regular meeting | | November 2011| Roche Diagnostics Ltd | Introductory meeting | | December 2011| National Association of LINKs members| Regular meeting to discuss Healthwatch |